19th week update

Between yesterday and last Friday I have spent 3 1/2 hours lying on my back to take pictures of baby T2. On the 17th we went for our 19 week ultrasound where they measure all the baby's anatomy. Since the little one was not being very cooperative, they took a LONG time getting all the measurements (and I still need to go back for more). Typically it takes about 45 minutes, but this time it was an hour & 10 minutes! Brad was sitting in the waiting room all this time- for this ultrasound they don't get him until they have got all the details they are looking for. So, he waited for over an hour to get to see his developing child for 5 minutes. He never completely said it was worth the wait.
Here is a picture of Baby T2 at 18weeks, 5 days. Rather alien-like photo-since I am the mother, I am allowed to make such a comment. They couldn't get a profile picture because the the baby was constantly moving.
Yesterday I had an appointment for them to do an echo of the baby's heart to check for any congenital defects. This appointment was 2 HOURS! I must say the first hour flew by though, because I fell asleep. In my defense, the room is dark and very warm. After an hour, the technician went to review the pictures with the cardiologist who then came back in to take another look that lasted another 45 minutes. I was trying very hard not to freak out when they were very intently looking at the screen. Finally she says that there are no "major" concerns, but that she cannot see the pulmonary arteries. She assured me that this is not uncommon since they are such small structures in an already small fetus, but said that she will want to do a follow-up after the baby is born.
So, needless to say I like all mother's will be waiting with bated breath to hear that "cry" when the baby is born to be reassured that baby is breathing well!

Sleepovers

Well Sydney went to her first "sleepover" last night. Uncle Robb & Aunt Michele watched Sydney for us while we went out for dinner & to a friend's Stag & Doe. Since it was going to be a "late" night (I use that term loosely since the definition is now much different than it was a few years ago) they kept Sydney overnight. Although Sydney has stayed overnight at Grandma & Grandpa's many times, this in my mind was her first "sleepover". To me part of the definition of a sleepover includes kids talking long into the night when they should be sleeping. Well, apparently Max & Sydney fit this requirement. When the kids went to bed last night they were chirpping at one another through the walls for quite awhile before they went to sleep. Definitely fits within the "sleepover" definition, don't you think? I think both Sydney & Max survived it, but Max seemed a lot more excited when we came to pick her up this morning than he was yesterday when he awoke from his nap to find her there. See how happy he is now that he knows we are going home?
Although Sydney looked like a walking zombie this morning, we went to a play date at a friend's. Sydney fell asleep in the car on the way there & since she was snoring, I figured I better let her catch a few zzz's. The good thing about a sunroof is that you can sit inside & see her sleeping in the back, so that as soon as those pretty little eyes opened...back outside I went to get her.
Glad I stayed & waited for her to wake up, her and Evelyn had a nice play together. Although it was maybe a good thing that Sydney's words still are not very clear, or Evelyn would have had her first exposure to the "MINE!" demand. Tara and John are lucky that they are not dealing with that one yet!

Happy Birthday Regan!

Today Miss Regan turns five years old. We visited her on the weekend to bring our wishes to her in person. Regan turning 5 makes me realize how quickly the time will go with our kids. It seems like yesterday when we all rushed to Kim & Pete's to meet the perfect little baby that they had waited so long for. Our lives have never been the same since- this child has spunk! If you spend any time at all around Regan you are bound to come away from your visit with a story that will make you smile & laugh. It is hard to believe that she is in school already, but it all happened in a blink of an eye.
Regan is giving serious thought to what her wish will be...you don't want to be wasteful. She did well & didn't tell us what it was, but I would bet money it had something to do with horses!
Regan, I sure hope your wish comes true! We are looking forward to taking you riding when the weather gets nicer.
Happy Birthday Regan, love Aunt Kelly, Uncle Brad, Sydney & Logan. xoxo

Remember the rule, "No running in the house!"?

It's funny how you will let "little" kids get away with things that you won't let "big" kids do. Last weekend we had Max for the weekend & during that time Max & Sydney "ran" around the living room & kitchen quite a few times. We let them too. Why? Because their "run" really is not that fast & it was cute to listen to them giggling away while they were having fun.
Well, the same thing happened yesterday. We went to visit Regan to wish her a happy birthday which is tomorrow. Regan had some balloons & her and Sydney had a grand olde time running around the kitchen-dining-living room. Again, we let them because it was fun for us to watch them having fun.Sometime soon I am sure the day will come that we say, "NO RUNNING IN THE HOUSE!". And because we let them do it before they will look at us, get mad, and try to do it anyway. Who can blame them, right? We let them do it before, surely we must be joking this time. Well, I guess that's why there's the phrase, "start as you mean to go". I have heard this a thousand times from my mother-in-law. Advice that I have also seen her preach & not practice.I am not going to share the "birthday girl picture" until tomorrow, so you will have to wait. But I will share the picture of Sydney's first piece of real cake that she got to eat all on her own- minus cake & icing. Of course, she loved it. It gave her the extra steam to complete her short run track race around the kitchen-dining room-living room.

For you, Miriam & Jack

I was going back through the pictures from the "Gold Medal Party" to see if I had a better picture of Jack. Originally the only one I thought I had was this one, & since you were in it I didn't think you would appreciate it. Jack was so much on the go practicing his new "walking" skill (with the intent of getting his hands all the way down to his sides) he was hard to catch at a good angle. But, he finally did stop for a minute & I got a shot of him & Sydney. Jack truthfully should have been the star shot, since he was the only one to be see with a Team Canada jersey that morning.